I don't know what to say other than.... "that just plain sucks."
Being from California originally, I've had several friends lose everything
in fire, it can be one of the most devastating things to happen to anyone.
One very important tip for people who have their cars in sheds or workshops
in the bush or forest - a simple step to prevent fire is to cover the
underside of the eves, or even better if you have a corrugated metal shed is
to put corrugated metal which covers the eves at an angle, or get rid of the
overhang altogether:
This is a big fire hazard:
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It's the eves that always let the cinders come up inside the structure and
set it on fire.
Another really good thing to have for a big workshop like this is to put
hanging fire breaks from the ceiling (using metal or fire rated dry wall),
say every 15 feet or so and at least 3 feet of depth which will keep smoke
and cinders that rise up from moving from one sector of the shed/workshop to
the next.
Best,
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Quinn, Patrick <
Patrick.Quinn@det.nsw.edu.au> wrote:
> G'day
>
> Just received this and thought I would pass on what happens to an
> Austin-Healey when it's in the way of a bushfire.
>
> The photos are on the Austin-Healey Owners Club of Victoria website at
>
> www.healeyvic.com.au
>
> Then click on Australian Bush Fires.
>
> Note how the front shock absorbers have melted allowing the front
> suspension to drop down.
>
> The photos are courtesy of Lance Clark who has been helping owner Owen
> Holmes. Thankfully their lives were spared.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Sydney, Australia
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